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The Languages of Early Medieval Charters : Latin, Germanic Vernaculars, and the Written Word.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Brill's Series on the Early Middle Ages SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2020Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (564 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004432338
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Languages of Early Medieval ChartersDDC classification:
  • 349.40902
LOC classification:
  • KJ77 .L364 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Latin and Germanic Vernaculars in Early Medieval Documentary Cultures: Towards a Multidisciplinary Comparative Approach -- Chapter 2 Charters, Languages, and Communication: Recent Work on Early Medieval Literacy -- Chapter 3 The Multilingualism of the Early Middle Ages: Evidence from Peripheral Regions of the Regnum orientalium Francorum -- Chapter 4 Germanic Names, Vernacular Sounds, and Latin Spellings in Early Anglo-Saxon and Alemannic Charters -- Chapter 5 Language, Formulae, and Carolingian Reforms: The Case of the Alemannic Charters from St Gall -- Chapter 6 Signalling Language Choice in Anglo-Saxon and Frankish Charters, c.700-c.900 -- Chapter 7 The Endorsement Practices of Early Medieval England -- Chapter 8 Traces of Bilingualism in Early Medieval Northern Italy: The Evidence from Eighth- and Ninth-Century Private Charters -- Chapter 9 Languages of Boundaries and Boundaries of Language in Cornish Charters -- Chapter 10 Vernacular Writing in Early Medieval Manorial Administration: Two Tenth-Century Documentsfrom Werden and Essen -- Chapter 11 Royal Authority, Regional Integrity: The Function and Use of Anglo-Saxon Writ Formulae -- Chapter 12 From Memorandum to Written Record: Function and Formality in Old English Non-Literary Texts -- Chapter 13 Writing, Communication, and Currency: Dialogues between Coinage and Charters in Anglo-Saxon England -- Chapter 14 Epilogue -- Index.
Summary: This is the first major study of the interplay between Latin and Germanic vernaculars in early medieval records, examining the role of language choice in the documentary cultures of the Anglo-Saxon and eastern Frankish worlds.
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Latin and Germanic Vernaculars in Early Medieval Documentary Cultures: Towards a Multidisciplinary Comparative Approach -- Chapter 2 Charters, Languages, and Communication: Recent Work on Early Medieval Literacy -- Chapter 3 The Multilingualism of the Early Middle Ages: Evidence from Peripheral Regions of the Regnum orientalium Francorum -- Chapter 4 Germanic Names, Vernacular Sounds, and Latin Spellings in Early Anglo-Saxon and Alemannic Charters -- Chapter 5 Language, Formulae, and Carolingian Reforms: The Case of the Alemannic Charters from St Gall -- Chapter 6 Signalling Language Choice in Anglo-Saxon and Frankish Charters, c.700-c.900 -- Chapter 7 The Endorsement Practices of Early Medieval England -- Chapter 8 Traces of Bilingualism in Early Medieval Northern Italy: The Evidence from Eighth- and Ninth-Century Private Charters -- Chapter 9 Languages of Boundaries and Boundaries of Language in Cornish Charters -- Chapter 10 Vernacular Writing in Early Medieval Manorial Administration: Two Tenth-Century Documentsfrom Werden and Essen -- Chapter 11 Royal Authority, Regional Integrity: The Function and Use of Anglo-Saxon Writ Formulae -- Chapter 12 From Memorandum to Written Record: Function and Formality in Old English Non-Literary Texts -- Chapter 13 Writing, Communication, and Currency: Dialogues between Coinage and Charters in Anglo-Saxon England -- Chapter 14 Epilogue -- Index.

This is the first major study of the interplay between Latin and Germanic vernaculars in early medieval records, examining the role of language choice in the documentary cultures of the Anglo-Saxon and eastern Frankish worlds.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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